Now Tom Keene is back with new favorite chart, and we have to say, we really like this one too.

It shows GDP in three different ways.

One is nominal GDP (just the straight up measure of all the stuff in the economy. One is real GDP (GDP adjusted for inflation) and the last is GDP adjusted for inflation AND population.

It's pretty stark.

Tom Keene, along with Bloomberg economist Alexandre Tanzi write...

Where are we? From early 2008, U.S. nominal GDP has made some real headway, real GDP has nudged above the boom peak (the red circle and orange line) while population-adjusted and inflation-adjusted GDP remains below 2007 and 2008 levels.